linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/2] dt-bindings: firmware: arm,scmi: Add support for memlat vendor protocol

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Message-ID: <20221103101911.2qr3cla5mm4ctoe3@bogus>
Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2022 10:19:11 +0000
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Sibi Sankar <quic_sibis@...cinc.com>
Cc:     andersson@...nel.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, cristian.marussi@....com, agross@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, konrad.dybcio@...ainline.org,
        quic_avajid@...cinc.com, Souvik.Chakravarty@....com,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] dt-bindings: firmware: arm,scmi: Add support for
 memlat vendor protocol

On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 10:28:31AM +0530, Sibi Sankar wrote:
> Add bindings support for the SCMI QTI memlat (memory latency) vendor
> protocol. The memlat vendor protocol enables the frequency scaling of
> various buses (L3/LLCC/DDR) based on the memory latency governor
> running on the CPUSS Control Processor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sibi Sankar <quic_sibis@...cinc.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml     | 164 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 164 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml
> index 1c0388da6721..efc8a5a8bffe 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml
> @@ -189,6 +189,47 @@ properties:
>        reg:
>          const: 0x18
>  
> +  protocol@80:
> +    type: object
> +    properties:
> +      reg:
> +        const: 0x80
> +
> +      qcom,bus-type:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
> +        items:
> +          minItems: 1
> +        description:
> +          Identifier of the bus type to be scaled by the memlat protocol.
> +

Why is this part of the provider of the service ?

> +      cpu-map:
> +        type: object
> +        description:
> +          The list of all cpu cluster configurations to be tracked by the memlat protocol
> +
> +        patternProperties:
> +          '^cluster[0-9]':
> +            type: object
> +            description:
> +              Each cluster node describes the frequency domain associated with the
> +              CPUFREQ HW engine and bandwidth requirements of the buses to be scaled.
> +
> +            properties:
> +              operating-points-v2: true
> +
> +              qcom,freq-domain:
> +                $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> +                description:
> +                  Reference to the frequency domain of the CPUFREQ HW engine
> +                items:
> +                  - items:
> +                      - description: phandle to CPUFREQ HW engine
> +                      - description: frequency domain associated with the cluster
> +
> +            required:
> +              - qcom,freq-domain
> +              - operating-points-v2
> +

I would avoid all these here as part of provider node. It should be part
of the consumer to have all these details and do what it needs to do with
any such information.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep